Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-05
DAILY HERALD.
MONTE VISTA.
Description of a Beautiful Sec.
ttOn of the Country.

iour miles east OF the Southern Pa
cific Railroad in the great pass con
Meeting the San Fernando and tn
San Gabriel valleys, between tn
Sierra Madre mountains on the north
and the Verdugo on the south, at al
elevation of 1900 feet above the sea i
nestled the lovely valley of Mont
Vista. Seen from the western ap
proach with the great mountains a
its back the view is one of the mos
enchanting on the Coast. The beau
tiful Tujunga Park in the foreground
peep at the red roof and observator,
of the Hotel Monte Vista, and jus
beyond the beautiful new church JUS
completed; fields OF olive vines and
figs; cozy cottages here and there, anC
the great broad avenues extending
up the gradual slope of the valley tc
the eastern limit of the Tujunga ranch
make view once seen not soon to be
forrotten. From the head of Noun.
tain View Avenue is Aztec Avenue
looking westward one of the most
beautiful scenes in all our beautiful
State is presented. Below this the
town and valley of Monte Vista, with
its grove of magnificent live oaks, the
Hotel Monte Vista, the Park Hotel,
and numerous cottages, its orchards
and avenues. Farther to the west
ward the great rush of the Big Tu-
junga winding and spreading in de-
vious ways like innumerable ribbons
of silver as it emerges from the noun
tains into the San Fernando Valley.
Clearly distinguishable the towns Of
San Fernando, and Pacoima. The
great Porter Lankershim, Encino
and in fact the entire
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY,
With the surrounding mountains of
San Fernando, Santa Susanna, Santa
Monica and Cahuenga. In the dis
tance over the SUBMITS of the noun
tains surrounding the valley, are the
mountains OF Soledad on the edge of
the desert. If one ascends to one of
the higher peaks just above Monte
Vista, and to which there is good
trail, the magnificence of the view is
simply beyond description. Under
our feet like diminutive chess board
is Monte Vista, diamond in set
ting of emerald. Southwark lie the
Verdugo mountains, the San Fernan-
do valley, the Los Angeles river, the
city of Los Angeles, her streets dis
tinctly visible, and all the plain to the
sea. Florence, Compton, Anaheim,
Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin, Fulton
Wells, Downey, Long Beach, Ingle-
wood, Wilmington and the shipping
in San Pedro bay; the island of Cat
alma and the coast line far down to
San Diego; all of the San Gabriel
valley, the valley of the upper Santa
Ana, with Pomona, Riverside, the
Temescal, San Jacinto, San Bernardo
no and San Diego mountains. To the
northward the great chain of the
Sierra Madies, with its thousand cafi-
ons, rocky peaks and fine conical sum-
mits, brown and grey contrasts in its
majestic ruggedness with the beauti-
full plains below. 1t may be said that
there is no grander scenery any
where tnan in the vicinity of
Monte Vista, and lovers of
Nature can enjoy themselves
to whatever extent they desire. Dur
ing the spring and summer months
the mountain side and the valley is
covered with flowers of every hue,
size and shape. Hundreds of rare
flowers and plants may here be found,
making it a paradise for botanists.
The mountains are full of game, deer
being plentiful, while quail are found
by thousands.
THE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
OF Monte Vista are peculiar. Its stu
alton between the mountains is such
that it is shut off entirely from the
dense fogs which hang over the San
Fernando and Los Angeles valleys.
The atmosphere is perfectly pure and
dry. A delightful breeze from the
submits of the Sierras moderates the
heat throughout the entire year, SO
that in the summer time it is much
cooler and in winter much warmer
than Los Angeles.
The soil in the Monte Vista valley
being the loan washed from the
mountains is of phenomenal richness
and it is adapted to the growing Of all
kinds of citrus as well as deciduous
fruits. Special features in this valley
will be the growing of figs, olives,
cherries, prunes, oranges, lemons and
all small fruits. The water supply of
Monte Vista is sufficient for many
times the quantity of land. The
chief supply is drawn from the Big
Tujunga and brought through four
miles Of iron pipe to the tract. 1t is
deliciously pure and soft and is re-
garded by all who have used it as
the finest water in the county. The
improvements that have been made
during the past eight months, since
the present company, consisting of f.
H. Barclay and H. j. Hunt, acquired
the property, have been of the most
iudicious and substantial kind. The
tract has been re-surveyed and twcn-
ty-eight miles of streets, seventy-live
feet wide, laid out. The number OF
town lots is the smallest of any town
site laid out the past year. The sub
divisions have been made into ten,
five, two and half and one and a
quarter acre lots. The town site is
regarded as the best ever devised in
this part of the State, the lots being
large, alleys in every block and fine
parks reserved.
THE NEW HOTEL,
Monte Vista, opened few days ago
to the public, is the best planned, best
furnished and best constructed of its
size in California. 1t is managed by
the company as strictly first-class
house, and Mr.. w. H. Hoffman, for
merly in the Arlington, Santa Bar,
bara, has immediate supervision Of
it's guests. The table OF the Hotel
Monte Vista is unequaled by any ho'
tel in the State. Only white help is
employer, the cooking being strictly
Eastern family STYLE No nr0feSSiona